Tuesday, September 08, 2009

My comment on Harn Lay of the Irrawaddy and his cartoons --

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16741

This is an excellent article, especially as in real life Harn Lay mostly just smiles and speaks very little. He is living proof that a picture is worth a thousand words. A cartoon is like a mathematical theorem, concise and true forever.

I also love Harn Lay's oil paintings, especially a kind of soft mauve color that he uses for the stream behind the trees.

I call it Harn Lay mauve, the way Wolf Kahn always uses a (shocking) pink color in his landscapes.

Bravo Irrawaddy for employing our friend.

Keep painting and cartooning.

Maybe the best is a cartoon of himself, bursting balloons to scare you know who.

Kyi May Kaung

Frank Dorn's unpublished memoir--Soldier Extraordinaire.

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/soldier-extraordinaire-the-life-and-career-of-brig-gen-frank-pi...